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• Campo Valdés Roman Baths. Gijón.

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  … Campo Valdés s/n. 33201. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985301682 | www.museos.gijon.es. A major Roman site. This museum is considered to be one of the most important Roman remains in northern Spain. It is located on the site of Roman baths discovered in 1903, although they were not opened to the public…

• Barjola Museum. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Trinidad, 17. 33201. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985176231 | E-mail: mbarjola@asturias.org. http://www.museobarjola.es. This palace consists of two buildings with three storeys and a facade bearing the crest of the Hevia, Miranda and Lavandera Valdés families. The work of Juan Barjola can be se…

• Birthplace of Jovellanos. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de Jovellanos, 2. 33201. Gijón. Asturias. E-mail: museojovellanos@gijon.es. http://museos.gijon.es. This is one of the oldest stately houses in Gijón. There are various exhibits on display, such as the Jovellanos family tree and the mantle of the Knights of Alcántara. Items from the original f…

• Former Jovellanos Institute Cultural Centre. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Jovellanos, 21. 33210. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985350709 | E-mail: ccai@gijon.es. The former Jovellanos Institute, declared a National Monument in 1974, was built in the late 18th century to house the Royal Nautical and Mineralogical Institute. It was renovated by the local council and conv…

• Railway Museum. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de la Estación del Norte s/n. 33206. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985301211 | E-mail: museoferrocarril@gijon.es. http://museos.gijon.es/page/5284-museo-del-ferrocarril-de-asturias. History of the train. This centre has an interesting collection of objects and items related with railways. Further…

• Museum of the People of Asturias. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Paseo del Doctor Flemming 877. 33203. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985182964 | E-mail: museopa@gijon.es. www.gijon.es. Museum of the collective memory of Asturias. This museum was created in 1968 to conserve and promote evidence that sheds light on the traditional society of the region of Asturias, an…

• Laboral City of Culture. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Luis Moya Blanco, 261. 33203. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985185858 | E-mail: visitaslaboral@recrea.asturias.com. http://www.laboralciudaddelacultura.com. In March 2007 the former Laboral University in Gijón (Asturias) opened its doors for the first time as the Laboral City of Culture, a unique…

• Neolithic Centre at Monte Areo. Carreño.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 33438. Santa Eulalia. Carreño. Asturias. E-mail: scopmonteareo@hotmail.com. This exhibition space offers a view of the Neolithic culture through a series of descriptive panels, interactive and audiovisual elements, reproductions of hunting tools, as well as the recreation of a burial chamber (dolmen…

• La Casina de La Oliva. Information and Visitor Centre for Romanesque Art in Villaviciosa. Villaviciosa.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza Obdulio Fernández, 51. Villaviciosa. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985892938 | E-mail: info@fundacioncardin.es. http://www.fundacioncardin.es.   This cultural centre was created by the José Cardín Fernández Foundation and offers detailed information on various monuments. The La Casina centre contains de…

• Niemeyer Centre. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Centro Niemeyer. Avenida del zinc s/n. 33402. Avilés. Asturias. E-mail: info@niemeyercenter.org. http://www.niemeyercenter.org. This great cultural centre is the first work by the architect Oscar Niemeyer in Spain. It is situated in the Aviles estuary, five minutes from the town's historic centre on…

• Cider Museum. Nava.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias s/n. 33520. Nava. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985717419 | E-mail: info@museodelasidra.com. www.museodelasidra.com. Pouring from a height is the next-to-last step. The museum takes visitors through the steps of the manufacturing process and shows the traditions that surround th…

• Anchor Museum. Castrillón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … La Peñona, playa de Salinas. 33400. Salinas. Castrillón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985 51 87 73 | www.museodeanclas.es.   This is an open-air museum located on a natural promontory surrounded by sea. It is a homage to the people who dedicate their lives to the defence of marine ecosystems, embodied by the…

• Historical Archive of Asturias. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Arcipreste de Hita, s/n. 33012. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985214328 | E-mail: archivohistorico@asturias.org. www.archivosdeasturias.info. The archive has documents dating from the 12th century to the present day, including a large quantity of material from the legislative courts, records, old book…

• Information and Visitor Centre for pre-Romanesque Art. Oviedo.

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  … Escuelas del Naranco, frente a la iglesia de Santa María del Naranco. 33012. Oviedo. Asturias. E-mail: info@centroprerromanicoasturiano.com. www.centroprerromanicoasturiano.com.…

• Asturias Archeological Museum. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle San Vicente 3-5. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985208433 | E-mail: info@museoarqueológicodeasturias.es. http://www.museoarqueologicodeasturias.com. Pre-Romanesque Asturian Art. The museum is set in part of the San Vicente Monastery and brings together items belonging to the historic and e…

• Church Museum. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Corrada del Obispo, s/n. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985227976 | http://www.iglesiadeasturias.org/museos. The Church Museum was created by decree from the Archbishop Don Gabino Díaz Merchán, in March 1985. It is intended to be an instrument of evangelisation through artistic objects for…

• Asturias Museum of Fine Arts. Oviedo.

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  … Calle Santa Ana 1 y 3. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985204232 | E-mail: museobbaa@museobbaa.com. www.museobbaa.com. From the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The Museum is located in three buildings in the old quarter of Oviedo: the 18th-century Velarde Palace, which is joined to a building fr…

• University of Oviedo Geology Museum. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Arias de Velasco. 33005. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985103103 |   The purpose of this museum is to make geology accessible to everyone through this exhibition of natural treasures, collected by geologists both in the Cordillera Cantábrica mountain range and in other parts of the world. On dis…

• MUJA. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … La Rasa de San Telmo s/n. 33328. Colunga. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985850044 | E-mail: info@museojurasicoasturias.com. http://www.museojurasicoasturias.com/. The mark of the dinosaurs. This museum is set in a spectacular building in the form of a dinosaur print with wonderful views of the port and local …

• Sierra del Sueve Visitor Centre. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Gobiendes, s/n. Gobiendes. Colunga. Asturias. E-mail: info@sierradelsueve.es. http://www.sierradelsueve.es/pages/intro.php. The centre offers information services, guided visits and also has a multifunctional classroom with a programme of activities related with the area of the Sierra, including tem…

• Grado Ethnographic Museum. Grado.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Cardosa, s/n. 33820. Grado. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985752610 | E-mail: etnogsal@asturias.org.   Created in 1982, this museum is focused on the culture of bread, and particularly emmer wheat, which was a staple cereal in the central and western parts of Asturias until the early 20th century. It th…

• Centro de Interpretación del Poblado Minero de Bustiello. Mieres.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … A 2 kilómetros de la autovía A-66 Gijón-León, Bustiello. 33612. Bustiello. Mieres. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985422114 | E-mail: info@pozuespinos.com. http://www.territorio-museo.com. La vida en los valles mineros asturianos.   El poblado de Bustiello constituye una excepción dentro del patrimonio industr…

• Museum of the Territory of Ribadesella. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Barrio El Carmen, s/n. 33560. El Carmen. Ribadesella. Asturias. E-mail: museodelcarmen@ayto-ribadesella.es. www.ayto-ribadesella.es. The aim of this museum is to raise awareness of the complexity and richness of the heritage of the district of Ribadesella in the fields of history, art, natural resou…

• Los Junco Palace. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 33560. Sebreño. Ribadesella. Asturias. This building dates from the 16th century and was subsequently reformed. It has a square floor plan and three storeys and is formed by a central section flanked by two side sections. There is an attractive viewing point nearby which offers views over the coastl…

• Emigration Museum, the Indias Archive. Ribadedeva.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Quinta Guadalupe s/n. 33590. Colombres. Ribadedeva. Asturias. Tel.: +34 985412005 | +34 985412414 | E-mail: info@archivodeindianos.es. http://www.archivodeindianos.es/. An emigrant’s journey. The house that is the site of the Indias Archive was built by the emigrant Íñigo Noriega in 1906. The buildi…